: Governments lift all pandemic-related restrictions and recommendations, but there have been confirmed or probable cases within 14 days. Participants may meet and play Scrabble under <span style="background-color:#C0FFC0">Green</span> rules as described below.
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: Governments permit gatherings of unrelated households, and all participants have completed a course of vaccination (such as two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines) and waited the recommended duration (such as two weeks for the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines) for it to take full effect. Participants may meet and play Scrabble under <span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> rules as described abovebelow.
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: There are no government pandemic-related restrictions or recommendations, or confirmed or probable cases within 14 days. Participants may meet and play Scrabble with no restrictions.
** At the start of each game, either player may request that a previously unused set of tiles and tile bag belonging to one of the two players be put into service. Any used tiles and tile bags should then be placed into the owner’s storage bag, and not reused until disinfected.
** The director may require participants to bring their own word adjudication device.
== <span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Play ==
Players may meet for traditional face-to-face competitive Scrabble using regular playing equipment, subject to the following conditions:
* For all participants (players, directors, and anyone else attending a gathering)
** All participants must have completed a government-authorized course of vaccination against COVID-19, and waited the recommended duration for it to take full effect. (For example, a participant who has received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, and then waited at least two weeks, would be eligible to participate.)
** No one who has a probable or confirmed case of any infectious disease may attend.
** No one who has had a positive COVID-19 test within the past 10 days, or who currently has any symptoms of COVID-19, may attend.
** All participants must conform with all governmental guidance concerning meetings and travel.
* For directors
** Between June 1 and June 20, the total number of participants, including staff, could not exceed 12. On or after June 21, there is no cap on the number of participants. (If governmental guidance restricts the size of gatherings, this rule should not be understood as permitting such a limit to be exceeded.)
** The location should be accessible to only the participants as much as possible - for example, a private room in a restaurant but not the main dining room.
** Directors should be careful to conform to any local public health guidance, and refrain from holding events where distancing or other guidance would not permit them to be held.
** Directors may impose stricter rules about the use of masks and face coverings, hand washing, etc. A copy of the <span style="background-color:#00FFFF">Cyan</span> Play rules, along with any STRICTER LOCAL modifications, must be made available to players both before registration and at the playing site.
** The director must keep a list of participants, together with their current contact information, and ask them to certify in writing on arrival that they meet all the necessary criteria for play under these rules. A sample screening form can be downloaded [[Sample COVID-19 Screening Form |here]].
=== <span style="background-color:#C0C0FF">''Blue''</span> Play ===